Le scaphandre et le papillon was recommended to me some years ago by a French-speaking English student who thought I might enjoy reading it in the original language. I have not so far managed to do that, but I have finally read the English translation, and I was blown away. It's an extraordinary document of … Continue reading #20BooksofSummer23: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
When I picked out Thomasina to read for a cat-themed reading event at Literary Potpourri, all I knew about it was that the title character was a cat, and the author had also written Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris, a book I'd recently enjoyed. I didn't pay attention to the subtitle ("the cat who thought … Continue reading #ReadingtheMeow2023: Thomasina
I haven't been writing full reviews of the spiritual memoirs I've read in the last few months, but I want to give at least a short update on each of them. Here are the last three: A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith by Timothy Egan A mix of … Continue reading Spiritual Memoir Challenge update
Summer is almost here, which means it's time for 20 / 15 / 10 Books of Summer! I've packed my list of 10 with books for my reading goals/challenges this year: The #LoveHain readalong, #ReadingtheMeow in June, Read All Around the World, Spiritual Memoir Challenge, and StoryGraph Onboarding Challenge. If I manage all of these, … Continue reading 10 Books of Summer / Summer in Other Languages
Joy Harjo, Crazy Brave (2012) and Poet Warrior (2021) After my uncomfortable experience reading Autobiography of a Yogi, it was a relief to dive into poet Joy Harjo's memoirs and encounter a completely different kind of spiritual teacher, an older-sister guide who can instruct me about the path I also want to follow: Poet, Warrior, … Continue reading Spiritual Memoir Review: Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior
Paramhansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi (1946) When I embarked on my Spiritual Memoir Challenge this year, I did not expect the first book I chose to read for it to be so ... challenging. It raised a lot of questions for me, and I'm not sure how to express them. I don't want to … Continue reading Spiritual Memoir Review: Autobiography of a Yogi
Announcing a new reading challenge to help expand and diversify our inner world
I've been considering a switch from Amazon-owned Goodreads for some time, and this year I decided to finally make the change. I'll be tracking my reading on the StoryGraph from now on; find me there as lory_enterenchanted. I will still be visiting Goodreads to check out what my friends are up to (the social element … Continue reading I’ve switched to The StoryGraph
This month, for the Support Book Bloggers Challenge I thought I'd shake things up a bit and look for some random blogs I would not have come across otherwise. I scrolled through the Search panel of WordPress Reader and picked out a few posts that caught my eye, then commented on them. As a bonus, … Continue reading #BookBloggerSupport22 Challenge
I picked this prompt from the Support Book Bloggers Challenge because my reading is very influenced by other bloggers -- probably at least half the books I read are due to this. The reason can range from individual reviews, to a blogger's love for a particular author, to specific reading events, and even personal recommendations. … Continue reading Support Book Bloggers Challenge: Books I read because of other bloggers
